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Woodland council approves consent items, vouchers and routine contracts; ordinance on utility deposits moves forward
Summary
The council approved the agenda, consent minutes, March vouchers and several contracts, and voted to advance an ordinance (first reading) changing utility deposit policy. The council also authorized routine service contracts and approved a printer lease and a one-year meter-reading renewal.
Woodland City Council members voted unanimously on a set of routine finance and contract items Monday, including minutes, vouchers and short-term service contracts.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to approve the agenda: approved (unanimous). - Consent agenda (minutes, standard consent items): approved (unanimous). - Approve vouchers for March 2025: approved (unanimous). Council discussion noted a $173,000 line for building inspections; staff clarified roughly $54,000 of that is reimbursable and remaining amounts relate to permit review work. The council also confirmed a $40,000 contract with a CPA covering preliminary staffing and cleanup work. - Authorize mayor to sign a new printer lease with Pacific Office Automation: approved (unanimous). Staff said the new lease reduces the number of printers, adds a letter printer and lowers monthly costs compared with previous arrangements. - Authorize mayor to sign a one-year contract renewal with Meter Readers LLC: approved (unanimous). Council was told the contract rate was negotiated at $1.38 per meter read and that the city is gradually shifting to automated Badger meters that will reduce dependency on human meter readers over several years. - Action item G: Ordinance No. 1571 (first reading), amending utility-deposit sections of the Woodland Municipal Code to eliminate certain deposits for new utility hookups: advanced on first reading (unanimous). Staff explained the city is shifting to monthly billing and strict delinquency enforcement; deposits for new service would be unnecessary because late fees and shutoff enforcement act as a collection mechanism. Staff said refunds will be proactively issued for eligible recent deposit payers; the number of affected accounts is expected to be "less than a hundred." Councilmember questions focused on landlord-tenant account procedures and reconnection fees.
Councilmembers voting in each recorded roll call were: Friend, Houston, Freimark, Hall, Dowdy, Burke and Rounds; all votes were recorded as "Aye" for the items listed above.
No item in this block required additional information other than standard follow-up by the finance and clerk's offices. The council then proceeded to discussion items and workshops later in the evening.
